Updated September 01, 2023 by the ABC13 Data Team


ABC13 is tracking crime and safety across Houston and in your neighborhood. You can choose which crime to explore:

Homicides
373

Last 12 months
Through August 31

Average Homicides
394

Yearly average
2019 to 2022

Homicide Rate
16.1

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
17

Per 100,000 people
2019 to 2022


Homicides over the last 12 months are trending down 13.1% compared to 2022, according to the latest data available from the Houston Police Department.

However, the murder rate over the last 12 months is down 5.2% compared to the annual average over the last four years.

The city averaged 7 homicides a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 5 a week.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate was 12.1 per 100,000 residents. That’s slightly less than the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in Texas.

During the pandemic, a person’s chance of being murdered in Houston rose above the likelihood of dying in a vehicle crash.


The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

ABC13’s data team looked at the Houston Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through August 31.

A closer look at Houston homicides by neighborhood

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues highlight neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

You can click any neighborhood to see detailed numbers or the buttons at the bottom of the map to switch between numbers and rates. You can search for a street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.